Tonight: Rooftop Farms Lecture at Pete's Candy Store
This fall, Pete’s Candy Store is hosting a slew of free lectures from Jamie Hook and the Open City Dialogue (OCD). We’re especially excited about tonight’s event, which features Greenpoint’s Rooftop Farms:
Join Annie Novak, one of the masterminds behind Greenpoint’s Rooftop Farms, a 6,000 square foot organic farm picture-esquely plopped on top of a warehouse overlooking Midtown Manhattan. Her operation–founded in partnership with Ben Flanner, a neophyte to farming, and Goode Green, a green-roofing specialist–currently produces produce for a host of Brooklyn gourmandizers, including Anella and Marlow and Sons. They even run a farm stand featuring fresh picked produce every Sunday! Come hear how this urban Agronomist tells us the unlikely story of how she did it–and learn how you can too!
The talk will begin at 7:30pm.
I always wonder about everyone doing rooftop farming in the area: isn’t potential pollution in the air and water around over-industrialized Brooklyn a concern when growing food? Is that safe?